Literary Purpose
In the book The Boy in the striped pajamas the main characters are Bruno, Shmuel, Gretel, Bruno's Father, and Bruno's Mother. The biggest two characters are definitely Bruno and Shmuel. through the story Bruno and Shmuel get very close and become very close. Bruno was the son of a Nazi Commander and does not know anything about what his father does, including the Holocaust and death camps that hap a bid role in the story. Shmuel was a Polish Jew kid and did not understand why he was in a concentration camp. Later in the story Shmuel and Bruno become the best of friends as Bruno would bring food from his home to Shmuel because he was always starving. Gretel was Bruno's sister and she was pro Nazi propaganda just like her father. Bruno's father a highly ranked officer in the German Military. Bruno's father tries to make sure Bruno does not know what he does for a living. Bruno's Mother doesn't like what is going on in Auschwitz and does not like what her husband does. When she finds out that her husband is a big role in killing the Jews she decided to move back to Berlin with the children.
The Themes that is in my story is Innocence and Friendship. Innocence is probably the most important theme in this story because innocence is what brought two totally different boys in to a great friendship. Bruno and Shmuel have totally different backgrounds because for Bruno he hasn't experienced anything life threatening but Shmuel's life is life threatening, so its kind of unique how two totally different people with different everything become the best of friends and through the story Bruno sharing his food with Shmuel and then when Shmuel helped Bruno come over the fence because they loved each other. (www.enotes.com/topics/the-boy-in-the-striped-pajamas/themes)
The Themes that is in my story is Innocence and Friendship. Innocence is probably the most important theme in this story because innocence is what brought two totally different boys in to a great friendship. Bruno and Shmuel have totally different backgrounds because for Bruno he hasn't experienced anything life threatening but Shmuel's life is life threatening, so its kind of unique how two totally different people with different everything become the best of friends and through the story Bruno sharing his food with Shmuel and then when Shmuel helped Bruno come over the fence because they loved each other. (www.enotes.com/topics/the-boy-in-the-striped-pajamas/themes)